Speaking of publisher inefficiencies, there is no way for anyone in the US to pre-order FOV. I just check with Amazon and Gamestop.
Piracy has always been a problem and will never stop. Though now it is all free instead of paying a shady person $5 for a copy of a game or movie that is normally $20 for a movie or $60 for a game.
If digital distribution didn't have a limited amount of installs, I'd go that rout. Problem is I like to upgrade my computer quite frequently often going ground up. DVD protection that just checks to see if you got a legit copy of the game in your DVD drive is much more do-able solution for me.
Now I won't mind buying a game off GOG.com since they don't use limited install copy protection.
I bought D2:ED from Impulse myself and the DRM they used is GOO. It's basically an online authentication (once) and no install limits (Well I think they have an install limit of something like 100 a day or some-such in case it hits torrents)
Same principle as Steam but the Impulse client is only required to run during install, not to play.
